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EPISODE · Feb 10, 2026 · 4 MIN

AI Is Taking Jobs: Why You Can't Trust The Government

from Cornering The Job Market · host Pete Newsome

Who do you trust when it comes to AI displacing jobs? The government?David Sacks, the White House AI czar, goes on TV to tell you not to worry. AI is creating jobs, he says. Data center construction is booming. Everything's fine.Meanwhile, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic (one of the companies actually building this technology), just published a 20,000-word essay called "The Adolescence of Technology." His prediction? 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could be displaced within one to five years.Same week. Opposite messages. One guy wants to keep you calm. The other one is building the thing he's warning you about.Here's what stuck with me: Amodei said AI isn't a substitute for specific human jobs. It's "a general labor substitute for humans." That's deep. And that's chilling when you stop and think about it.📽️ WATCH ON YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIWorker👋 FOLLOW PETE ON LINKEDIN:https://www.linkedin.com/in/petenewsome/

Who do you trust when it comes to AI displacing jobs? The government? David Sacks, the White House AI czar, goes on TV to tell you not to worry. AI is creating jobs, he says. Data center construction is booming. Everything's fine. Meanwhile, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic (one of the companies actually building this technology), just published a 20,000-word essay called "The Adolescence of Technology." His prediction? 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could be displaced within one to...

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Who do you trust when it comes to AI displacing jobs? The government?David Sacks, the White House AI czar, goes on TV to tell you not to worry. AI is creating jobs, he says. Data center construction is booming. Everything's fine.Meanwhile, Dario...

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